Shouldn't that have been H A Y?
On Nov 16, 2010, at 22:14, Kaye Kipp <kkipp123 at msn.com> wrote:
> Hey, I have to say I don't think I'd want a guide horse. Can you imagine the size baggies one would have to use to pick up?
>> Kaye
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jessiaca Evans" <jje1203 at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 10:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] Blind student saves for three years to buya guide HORSE because her strict Muslim parents considerdogs unclean, Daily Mail, November 14 2010
>>>> Mike?
>> You weren't chomping at the "bit" to read this either?
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Humberto Avila
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 11:56 PM
>> To: 'NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List'
>> Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] Blind student saves for three years to buy a guide
>> HORSE because her strict Muslim parents consider dogs unclean, Daily Mail,
>> November 14 2010
>>>> Hello, I understood nothing of that. What does that mean?
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Jedi
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 9:40 PM
>> To: nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>> Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] Blind student saves for three years to buy a guide
>> HORSE because her strict Muslim parents consider dogs unclean, Daily Mail,
>> November 14 2010
>>>> Wom wom. Ba da dum Bish.
>>>> Respectfully,
>> Jedi
>>>> Original message:
>>> I can't say I greet this with unbridled enthusiasm!
>>>>> Mike
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Nightingale, Noel" <Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov>
>>> To: <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 10:45 AM
>>> Subject: [nfbwatlk] Blind student saves for three years to buy a guide
>>> HORSE because her strict Muslim parents consider dogs unclean, Daily
>>> Mail, November 14 2010
>>>>>>>> Thought this article might be of interest to the list.
>>>>>> Link:
>>>>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1329398/Blind-woman-buys-guid>>>> e-HORSE-strict-Muslim-parents-consider-dogs-unclean.html#ixzz15FmZlVW
>>>> q
>>>>>> Text:
>>>> Blind student saves for three years to buy a guide HORSE because her
>>>> strict Muslim parents consider dogs unclean By Daily Mail Reporter
>>>> November 14, 2010
>>>>>> The 28-year-old's strictly religious parents would not allow a dog in
>>>> the house, considering the animal unclean.
>>>>>> But then Miss Ramouni stumbled across a website article about
>>>> miniature guide horses in April 2008.
>>>>>> 'It was something that I never thought about for myself,' she said.
>>>>>> Photo: Leading the blind: Mona Ramouni has bought and trained a
>>>> miniature horse, Cali, to be her guide
>>>>>> The psychology student used three years of savings from her job at a
>>>> Braille proofreading company to pay for a horse to be trained to act
>>>> as her guide.
>>>>>> Photo: Refreshment break: Miss Ramouni treats Cali to some water
>>>>>> Since welcoming three-year-old guide horse Cali into her Dearborn,
>>>> Michigan, home last year, Miss Ramouni has seen her life turned around.
>>>>>> Cali measures about 2ft 6in tall and has been taught to stand still
>>>> indoors. She also helps Miss Ramouni get out of vehicles and move
>>>> through crowds.
>>>>>> Her proud mistress said: 'She is an awesome little horse. What I
>>>> really want is to be able to take her places neither of us would have
>>>> been able to go without each other.
>>>>>> 'Before Cali, I had given up. I got to the point where I thought,
>>>> 'I'm going to get nothing out of my life'. Cali has given me the
>>>> confidence back I used to have as a kid.'
>>>>>> Born three months premature, Miss Ramouni lost her sight shortly
>>>> after birth.
>>>>>> Among the challenges she had to overcome in order for Cali to stay at
>>>> her home were getting a permit to place a large shed in her family's
>>>> garden and to find a farrier to look after the horse's hooves.
>>>>>> Her friends warned her it would be a difficult thing to do.
>>>>>> But Miss Ramouni said: 'The more everybody told me "No, don't do it,"
>>>> the more I wanted to do it,' she said. 'I got to a point in my life
>>>> where I thought... "Why should I settle for something less than I can
>> have?"
>>>>>> 'There have been so many obstacles. People said 'You'll never find a vet.
>>>> You'll never find a farrier." I found them all.'
>>>>>> She added: 'More than even the independence, I found that Cali showed
>>>> me that there are possibilities.'
>>>>>> Photo: Horses for courses: Miss Ramouni and Cali attend a seminar at
>>>> Michigan State University
>>>>>> Photo: Cali helps his proud mistress cross the road. Miss Ramouni
>>>> spent three years saving to buy the 2ft 6in tall horse
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